Category: Funfairs

Token-only fair proves busy in Simons’ home town. Following their first stand of the 2024 season in Ruthin, North Wales, Simons’ North Wales and Cheshire Funfairs returned to their home town of Wrexham for their second fair of the season, presenting the Wrexham Spring Fair …

Crowds turned out when the weather allowed for a well presented early season fair at Brooklands Community Park in Weybridge. For their first fair of the 2024 season Beach’s Funfair returned for what has become their annual early season visit to the Brooklands Community Park …

Despite some rainy days the public came out to support George Rowland Tucker’s Mega Value Fun Park event in Hull. After kick-starting his season with a successful ten-day half-term / Valentine’s stay on a new ground at Ings Road car park in Wakefield, George Rowland …

The thrills of Nottingham Goose Fair go far beyond the rides – as local man Stan Savage recalls. The seven days before Monday 30 September 1963 Showmen’s vehicles had been assembling quietly on the Cattle Market, near my home in Nottingham, from all points of …

The popular annual Stamford Mid Lent Fair provides an excellent traditional street fair with something on offer for all ages. Every spring the streets of the historic Lincolnshire town of Stamford are filled with colour, lights and music when the annual Mid Lent Fair arrives …

The fairground in miniature had plenty to interest visitors at the model show on the Saturday of Loughborough Fair. Now firmly established as part of Loughborough Fair, the model show again maintained very high standards of workmanship with a number of first time appearances, while …

With 14 major rides and lots of supporting and juvenile attractions, there was plenty of choice for the public at the annual Peterborough Mart. The Pleasure Fair Meadow car park was again filled with an array of modern top-class amusements for the annual Peterborough Mart …

It was all the freedom of the fair for specially invited youngsters at Kingsway in Gloucester. Kingsway, a large housing community on the southwest side of Gloucester city, eagerly awaits the arrival of its early spring family fun fair. For the lessee, Edward Danter Jnr, …

The Fairground Heritage Trust has announced the closure of Dingles Fairground Museum at the end of the 2024 season, with the bulk of the collection set to move to Staffordshire. The Fairground Heritage Trust (FHT) is saddened to announce that Dingles Fairground Museum will close …

Manchester’s original February half term funfair returned to Heaton Park from the 10th until the 25th of the month, presented by Carousel Fun Fairs. Tokens were in use throughout the fair, but after the second weekend the amusements opened daily for the school holidays when …